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This sea­son’s stand­out pieces in­spire devo­tion of the life­long va­ri­ety.

What’s sexy now? Pop cul­ture may preach in­creas­ingly car­toon­ish vi­sions of fem­i­nin­ity (see Kate Up­ton, Nicki Mi­naj), but fash­ion has a fresher take: Call it com­fort > sex ap­peal. As Char­lotte Her­rold writes in “Is Ca­sual the New Sexy?” (page 66), the ca­sual-chic rev­o­lu­tion means that clothes must adapt to our lives, not the other way around. En­ter the era of de­signer sneak­ers, ul­tra-soft T-shirts and pants you can wear to the Man­darin. For­get girl-pretty ver­sus boy-pretty—it’s you-pretty that mat­ters.